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.TH BUMBLEBEED "8" "January 2021" "Bumblebee 3.2.1" "System Administration Utilities"
.SH NAME
bumblebeed \- bumblebee daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bumblebeed
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Daemon for controlling the discrete nVidia video card on Optimus systems.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-daemon\fR
run daemonized (backgrounded). Implies \fB\-\-use\-syslog\fR
.TP
\fB\-x\fR, \fB\-\-xconf\fR FILE
xorg.conf file to use
.TP
\fB\-\-xconfdir\fR DIR
xorg.conf.d directory to use
.TP
\fB\-g\fR, \fB\-\-group\fR GROUP
allow GROUP to communicate with the daemon
.TP
\fB\-\-driver\fR DRIVER
the driver to use for the nvidia card. Valid values
are nouveau and nvidia. This option also effects
the driver section that will be used from the
configuration file
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-module\-path\fR PATH
ModulePath to use for Xorg (only useful for nvidia)
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-driver\-module\fR NAME
Name of kernel module to be loaded if different
from the driver
.TP
\fB\-\-pm\-method\fR METHOD
method to use for disabling the discrete video card,
valid values are auto, bbswitch, switcheroo and
none. auto selects a sensible method,
bbswitch (kernel module) is available for nvidia
and nouveau drivers,
switcheroo (vga_switcheroo) is usually for
nouveau and radeon drivers and none disables PM
completely
.TP
\fB\-\-pidfile\fR FILE
file in which the process ID is written. An empty
value disables cretion of a pidfile. Note that
the file must not already exist
.TP
\fB\-\-use\-syslog\fR
redirect all messages to syslog
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR
suppresses all logging messages
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
increase the verbosity level of log messages. It
can be specified up to two times (or five if
\fB\-\-quiet\fR is used)
.TP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
show all logging messages by setting the verbosity
level to the maximum
.TP
\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-config\fR FILE
retrieve settings for Bumblebee from FILE
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-display\fR VDISPLAY
start the Bumblebee X server on VDISPLAY. Do not
confuse this option with the DISPLAY environment
variable
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-ldpath\fR PATH
libraries like nvidia_drv.so are searched in PATH
(useful for the nvidia driver)
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-socket\fR FILENAME
use FILENAME for communication with the daemon
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs on <http://Bumblebee\-Project.org/issues>
.br
Bumblebee homepage: <http://Bumblebee\-Project.org/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 The Bumblebee Project
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.